Mobile Gaming System Link Failure Continuity
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing remote gaming systems face issues such as communication link failures during games, inability to pause play without session termination, and limitations in using off-the-shelf mobile devices, leading to player frustration and increased costs for casinos.
Innovation Solution
A mobile gaming system that uses a player's own tablet or smartphone to remotely connect with gaming machines, allowing for uninterrupted gameplay through internal spin-reels programs, pause functionality, and compatibility with various gaming machines and venues, while ensuring compliance with jurisdictional regulations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the gaming machine terminates the game when communication link is broken, then the system reliability is improved, but the player satisfaction deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by storing video frames and game state data in the gaming machine's memory before communication failure occurs. This allows the game to be resumed or completed after reconnection without losing progress, resolving the contradiction between system reliability and player satisfaction.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary mechanism - a message queue and data buffer - that mediates between the gaming machine and the remote device. This intermediary stores game state information locally, allowing the game to continue seamlessly even when communication is interrupted, thus maintaining both reliability and player satisfaction.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the system allows player to walk around casino with tablet, then the player mobility is improved, but the communication link stability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-storing video frames, game outcomes, and state data in the gaming machine's memory before the player moves out of communication range. This allows the player to move freely while the game state is preserved locally, resolving the contradiction between mobility and communication stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces a local data buffer and message queue as intermediaries that decouple the player's mobility from communication requirements. Game data is stored locally in the buffer, allowing players to move anywhere in the casino while game state integrity is maintained through the intermediary storage mechanism.
3Measurement precision
If the gaming machine stores video frames for verification, then the game outcome verification is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The gaming machine performs self-service by automatically storing and managing video frames of game outcomes in its own memory without requiring external verification systems. The machine independently maintains game state data, reducing the need for additional verification equipment and minimizing device complexity while ensuring accurate outcome verification.
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AI summary
A mobile gaming device may be a player's own personal tablet, smartphone, PDA, etc., with an application program installed via the internet for carrying out a remote gaming session. All gaming functions are carried out by a stationary gaming terminal communicating with the mobile device, such as by using WiFi. The mobile device operates as a user interface. While the player is playing one game on the mobile device, the venue's system recommends other games to the player via the player's tablet either based on the player's past gaming history, if the player used a player tracking card, or based on real time game play, if the player is anonymous. Upon the player selecting a different game, the system automatically transfers communications to a different gaming terminal and transfers the player's credits. The gaming terminals may be gaming machines, where each gaming machine carries out a different game.